One Potential Problem with Surveys and Questionnaires Is That

question 179

Multiple Choice

One potential problem with surveys and questionnaires is that:

• A) people may misrepresent their personal characteristics or lie in their responses.
• B) random selection procedures are not possible with these forms of data collection.
• C) expectancy effects usually invalidate the findings.
• D) these techniques produce illusory correlations rather than true correlations.

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